Navistar To Provide More Trucks To U.S. Army

November 10, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Mississippi, Navistar, Oshkosh Truck Corp, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

The United States military has expended a great deal of logistics and support vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan. These trucks have taken a beating both from heavy use and enemy attacks. The Army has let several contracts recently to repair, reset and replace them. Yesterday it was announced that Navistar would be awarded a contract to provide tanker trucks, wreckers and generic troop transport vehicles. The value of this contract is over $400 million.

Navistar was disappointed that it did not win a portion of the MRAP-ATV contract to provide the lighter vehicles for use in Afghanistan. That contract went to Oshkosh. This contract will offset some of the losses from not contributing to that effort. It also demonstrates that the U.S. has been able to grow a decent industrial base when it comes to logistic support vehicles.

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BAE works on prototype Paladin vehicles

October 6, 2009 by admin · Comment
Filed under: Syndicated Industry News 

YORK, Pa., Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army contracted BAE Systems for prototypes of self-propelled M109A6 Paladin howitzer vehicles and two prototype M992A2 support vehicles.

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Oshkosh Wins Another Contract

August 28, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Contract Awards, Events, Oshkosh Truck Corp, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

Following up on its recent MRAP-ATV and heavy truck contracts Oshkosh announced that they have been awarded another contract to build Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle (FMTV) trucks and trailers. This contract is called the rebuy program. If all options are exercised over the next five years the contract could be worth up to $2.6 billion.

The initial order is for about $280 million worth of the vehicles. The rebuy seems to indicate that this contract is to begin replenishing the supply of the vehicles in the Army. The U.S. lost a great deal of vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan to IED and mines. These were of all types including tanks, armored personnel carriers and logistic support vehicles like the FMTV.

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Has Force Protection Turned the Corner?

April 10, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Business Line, Companies, Congress, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, Events, Federal Budget Process, Force Protection, Industry Analysis, Proposal, Restructuring, Services, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

It has been a good few weeks for Force Protection. First they set up the joint venture withe British company Morgan Crucible JV to produce new armored support vehicles for the British military. Then they won a contract from Hungary for three Cougar vehicles plus support. While this is not a large contract it may certainly lead to other contracts from the new Eastern European NATO countries. Now it is reported that they have won a contract from the U.S.M.C. for upgraded MRAP vehicles. The big prize that is still out there is the MRAP-ATV contract which will build a new, lighter and more maneuverable vehicle for use in Afghanistan. Force Protection had been losing work in 2007-2008 after a big boom in 2005 and out due to the rapid demand for MRAP driven by the reaction from Congress to the IED threat. The company’s stock declined rapidly and there was a shareholder suit filed. If the company can keep up this pace and win some of the MRAP-ATV work then it will have a solid future for the next few years. Depending on how the new budget integrates MRAP and the future replacement for the FCS requirement there might be more work there for a long time. More to come on this for sure.

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Navistar gets logistic vehicle contracts

September 20, 2008 by Matthew Potter · Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, Navistar, U.S. Army, logistics, production program 

Navistar was awarded two contracts by the Army to provide tactical support vehicles. These include one contract for tankers to carry fuel, oil and water. The vehicles are for use in Iraq and Afghanistan. Navistar has won several contracts to provide these kind of vehicles. One would have to assume that over the past seven years the Army has used a lot of these vehicles beyond what the originally intended. They will require either replacement or recapitalization, where they are rebuilt and retrofitted to be like a new one.

See the press release at MarketWatch.com.

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